I decided to start updating the music stuff I do to here! This will at least be a history of the tracks I’ve made for myself but if somebody wonders here and gets something useful out of my learning process, I’m glad!
Lucky Spell
I tried to stay more focused when planning the track and it feels like the end result is better put together!
Original track description from the YouTube video:
This week we’re going faster!!
I’m starting to feel comfortable with using FL Studio so creating this was the first time I didn’t feel like I’m fighting against the software. It is a very pleasant feeling to just create music.
Anyway, this time I approached this by first creating a large portion of the track with just the kick and bass… idk but it might have worked!!
Hard Grove Party
After finishing this, I felt like I’m really improving!! I wondered a bit if the vibe of the track would interest anyone, but I got some nice comments, so yay!!! <3
Original track description from the YouTube video:
It is done and with more bass!!! There has been so much to do after vacation ended, but I managed to find time this week to finish this one! This track started with just testing automation and effects. The first draft was really disjointed and had too large sudden shifts in vibe. I think, I managed to refactor it into a pretty good track.
Album art is two old nature pics I had taken overlayed and with a bunch of filters on top. I hope you enjoy this track!!
Precious Creature
Original track description from the YouTube video:
The new track is finally done! I’ll submit the track to streaming places later today, hopefully they upload it soon. I’ve been posting the progress now more heavily on Shorts and Tiktok. It has been pretty fun to see what resonates with everyone!! My wife painted a quick creature that is in the background of the artwork, behind the filter layers. It is pretty chaotic but cute hehe
I’ve been wanting to try plugins like Vital so I think that is what I’ll be doing next. Up to this points, I’ve been using mostly stock plugins. Also, I should update FL Studio too to the 2025 version.
Right, so I updated FL Studio, but didn’t learn to use the new plugins…
Angel Kick
When making this track, I really focused on learning to create sounds with more intent instead of the more random process it had been up to this point. I think I’m also re-learning a lot stuff from when I was younger… I used to use LMMS when I was a kid and I can’t say if it was harder to use or it was a skill issue. I learned recently that LMMS is still around? I need to check it out again.
Overall, I like how the track ended up. It could have better mixing, though!
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Second track!
I worked on this one before our wedding and now that everything is settling down,
I finally finished it!!!I started messing with Sytrus and linking filters to automation tracks. The track started sounding pretty fun and decided to finish it. I think this one ended being a pretty cohesive track (I usually make way too many conflicting parts and join them). I’m also really happy with how the effects using Gross Beat ended up. The comment from “early previewers”, a.k.a. wife, was that I’ve been learning a lot. This was fun to work on! I tried to make something calmer at first and I think I got some trance-like qualities in there, but the usual style still comes through.
Decided on a artist name
This was the first track I was brave enough to put on a YouTube short and I was really surprised that I got positive feedback from sharing stuff. Honestly, the track peaked when making that short and the finished thing is all over the place, I think.
Original track description from the YouTube video:
I finally decided on a name!!
This was the version that was approved by my two person (non-professional) jury.This started after finding out that sidechaining is a thing. I didn’t utilize it that much, but I got positive feedback on it, so here we are! This was made in FL Studio. I also recorded some electronic guitar parts to test how recording works. I’ve been just messing around in FL Studio, but I really should look up some tutorials for specific styles of music, I think.
I also published it with the new artist name I’ve now been using for the last couple of months. It ended up being a fairly quick thing to choose. I had used “Arch-Jenna” previously online so I thought “Yeah, that’s good enough!”
The first tracks
When I first started trying to create finished tracks, instead of just BGM for random game projects I show my wife, I posted the first tracks with the author name Milky Dragon’s Melancholy (named after my favorite TCG card during that time). The mixing is terrible and I hope I won’t have to listen to them again anytime soon.
Still, my personal favorite of the 4 tracks I made back then is this one:
The tracks from that learning period in order from the oldest to newest:
This started after finding out that sidechaining is a thing. I didn’t utilize it that much, but I got positive feedback on it, so here we are! This was made in FL Studio. I also recorded some electronic guitar parts to test how recording works. I’ve been just messing around in FL Studio, but I really should look up some tutorials for specific styles of music, I think.